Roll Call Vote #67 · 117th Congress · Session 1 · Feb 25, 2021, 1:30 PM (ET)
On the Cloture Motion PN78-5 (PN 78-5)
Miguel A. Cardona, of Connecticut, to be Secretary of Education
Cloture Motion Agreed to (66-32)
66 Yea
32 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 29 senators
11 Yea / 16 Nay
2 not voting or present
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 23 senators
23 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Crossed Party Lines
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Richard Burr (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Shelley Capito (Republican–WV) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Bill Cassidy (Republican–LA) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Susan Collins (Republican–ME) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
John Cornyn (Republican–TX) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican–MS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitch McConnell (Republican–KY) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Lisa Murkowski (Republican–AK) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Rob Portman (Republican–OH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mitt Romney (Republican–UT) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Thom Tillis (Republican–NC) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 66
- Tammy Baldwin
- Michael Bennet
- Richard Blumenthal
- Cory Booker (NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (OH)
- Richard Burr (NC)
- Maria Cantwell
- Shelley Capito (WV)
- Benjamin Cardin (MD)
- Tom Carper (DE)
- Bob Casey (PA)
- Bill Cassidy (LA)
- Susan Collins (ME)
- Chris Coons (DE)
- John Cornyn (TX)
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- Tammy Duckworth
- Dick Durbin (IL)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Deb Fischer
- Kirsten Gillibrand
- Chuck Grassley
- Maggie Hassan
- Martin Heinrich
- John Hickenlooper (CO)
- Mazie Hirono
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS)
- Ron Johnson
- Tim Kaine
- Mark Kelly
- Angus King
- Amy Klobuchar
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Ben Luján (NM)
- Joe Manchin, III (WV)
- Ed Markey (MA)
- Mitch McConnell (KY)
- Robert Menendez (NJ)
- Jeff Merkley (OR)
- Jerry Moran
- Lisa Murkowski (AK)
- Chris Murphy
- Patty Murray
- Jon Ossoff (GA)
- Alex Padilla
- Gary Peters (MI)
- Rob Portman (OH)
- Jack Reed (RI)
- Mitt Romney (UT)
- Jacky Rosen
- Marco Rubio
- Bernie Sanders
- Brian Schatz
- Chuck Schumer
- Jeanne Shaheen (NH)
- Kyrsten Sinema (AZ)
- Tina Smith (MN)
- Deborah Stabenow (MI)
- Jon Tester (MT)
- Thom Tillis (NC)
- Chris Van Hollen
- Mark Warner (VA)
- Raphael Warnock
- Elizabeth Warren
- Sheldon Whitehouse
- Ron Wyden
Nay 32
- John Barrasso
- Marsha Blackburn
- Roy Blunt (MO)
- John Boozman
- Mike Braun (IN)
- Tom Cotton (AR)
- Kevin Cramer
- Mike Crapo
- Ted Cruz
- Steve Daines (MT)
- Joni Ernst (IA)
- Lindsey Graham (SC)
- Bill Hagerty (TN)
- Josh Hawley
- John Hoeven
- John Kennedy
- James Lankford
- Mike Lee
- Cynthia Lummis (WY)
- Roger Marshall (KS)
- Rand Paul
- Jim Risch (ID)
- Mike Rounds (SD)
- Benjamin Sasse (NE)
- Rick Scott
- Tim Scott (SC)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- John Thune
- Patrick Toomey (PA)
- Tommy Tuberville (AL)
- Roger Wicker
- Todd Young
Not Voting 2
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Dan Sullivan (AK)
Other Votes on PN 78-5
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Vote #68 On the Nomination PN78-5Nomination Confirmed (64-33) Mar 1, 2021
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).